Azure Emperor's Garden! Thanks to [Mu Han, Who Loves Happy Cabbage] for the 5 Update Tokens!

They had arrived at Shimmering Jade Grotto.

Compared to last time, the situation clearly felt different.

Dark clouds densely covered the skies over this region, lightning darting through them like swimming serpents.

Although forces such as the Dragon-Tiger Immortal Sect and the Lifeless Insect Mother were interested in the Nine Yaoguang Domains and had already begun exploring them, they had not yet reached this place.

Moreover, everyone was now drawn toward the Azure Radiant Flow.

After putting away the Thunder Dragon Water-Repelling Boat, the group passed through the curtain of water and entered the grotto.

The lightning within had grown increasingly violent. It had once existed only in the core region, but now even the outer areas had been scorched black.

The insects that had once been everywhere were now pitifully few.

Nü Tu stepped forward, Earth Qi surging around her body and forming a yellow barrier ahead.

Gonggong followed closely behind, raising an additional layer of water shield. The two led the way ahead, taking the others deeper into the passage.

The farther they went, the more wrong things became.

Cracked riverbeds, boiling magma, scorching air—the conditions inside grew worse and worse.

Even the half of the Thunder Dragon had changed.

It had once slept with its eyes shut, but now it had actually opened them by a sliver.

An indescribably terrifying aura radiated from its entire body, making their scalps tingle.

Clearly, it too had been affected by the Azure Radiant Flow and showed signs of awakening.

"It's far more frightening than when we came last time."

"The Thunder Dragon isn't going to wake up, is it?"

"Go around it. We'll head straight for the water eye."

At the sight, both the avatars and the true body wore grave expressions.

But matters had reached this point. If they